Principles of Management

Organized around the well-established planning, organizing, leading, and controlling framework (or, simply, P-O-L-C). Three underlying themes carry throughout: strategic thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, and active management.

Instructor Resources
- Quiz Inventory
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Module 1: Introduction to Principles of Management
- Module 1 Overview
- Case in Point: Doing Good as a Core Business Strategy
- Who Are Managers?
- Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy
- Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling
- Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance
- Performance of Individuals and Groups
- Your Principles of Management Survivor's Guide
Module 2: Personality, Attitudes and Work Behavior
- Module 2 Overview
- Case in Point: SAS Institute Invests in Employees
- Personality and Values
- Perception
- Work Attitudes
- The Interactionist Perspective: The Role of Fit
- Work Behaviors
- Developing Your Positive Attitude Skills
Module 3: History, Globalization, and Values-based Leadership
- Module 3 Overview
- Case in Point: Hanna Andersson Corporation Changes for Good
- Ancient History: Management Through the 1990s
- Contemporary Principles of Management
- Global Trends
- Globalization and Principles of Management
- Developing Your Values-Based Leadership Skills
Module 4: Strategizing
- Module 4 Overview
- Strategic Management in the P-O-L-C Framework
- How Do Strategies Emerge?
- Strategy as Trade-Offs, Discipline, and Focus
- Developing Strategy Through Internal Analysis
- Developing Strategy Through External Analysis
- Formulating Organizational and Personal Strategy With the Strategy Diamond
Module 5: Goals and Objectives
- Module 5 Overview
- Case in Point: Nucor Aligns Company Goals With Employee Goals
- The Nature of Goals and Objectives
- From Management by Objectives to the Balanced Scorecard
- Characteristics of Effective Goals and Objectives
- Using Goals and Objectives in Employee Performance Evaluation
- Integrating Goals and Objectives with Corporate Social Responsibility
- Your Personal Balanced Scorecard
Module 6: Organizational Structure and Change
- Module 6 Overview
- Case in Point: Toyota Struggles With Organizational Structure
- Organizational Structure
- Contemporary Forms of Organizational Structures
- Organizational Change
- Planning and Executing Change Effectively
- Building Your Change Management Skills
Module 7: Social Networks
- Module 7 Overview
- Case in Point: Networking Powers Relationships
- An Introduction to the Lexicon of Social Networks
- How Managers Can Use Social Networks to Create Value
- Ethical Considerations With Social Network Analysis
- Personal, Operational, and Strategic Networks
- Mapping and Your Own Social Network
Module 8: Leading People and Organizations
- Module 8 Overview
- Case in Point: Indra Nooyi Draws on Vision and Values to Lead
- Who Is a Leader? Trait Approaches to Leadership
- What Do Leaders Do? Behavioral Approaches to Leadership
- What Is the Role of the Context? Contingency Approaches to Leadership
- Contemporary Approaches to Leadership
- Developing Your Leadership Skills
Module 9: Decision Making
- Module 9 Overview
- Case in Point: Bernard Ebbers Creates Biased Decision Making at WorldCom
- Understanding Decision Making
- Faulty Decision Making
- Decision Making in Groups
- Developing Your Personal Decision-Making Skills
Module 10: Communication in Organizations
- Module 10 Overview
- Case in Point: Edward Jones Communicates Caring
- Understanding Communication
- Communication Barriers
- Different Types of Communication
- Communication Channels
- Developing Your Personal Communication Skills
Module 11: Motivating Employees
- Module 11 Overview
- Case in Point: Zappos Creates a Motivating Place to Work
- Need-Based Theories of Motivation
- Process-Based Theories
- Developing Your Personal Motivation Skills
Module 12: The Essentials of Control
- Module 12 Overview
- Case in Point: Newell Rubbermaid Leverages Cost Controls to Grow
- Organizational Control
- Types and Levels of Control
- Financial Controls
- Nonfinancial Controls
- Lean Control
- Crafting Your Balanced Scorecard
Module 13: Strategic Human Resource Management
- Module 13 Overview
- Case in Point: Kronos Uses Science to Find the Ideal Employee
- The Changing Role of Strategic Human Resource Management in Principles of Management
- The War for Talent
- Effective Selection and Placement Strategies
- The Roles of Pay Structure and Pay for Performance
- Designing a High-Performance Work System
- Tying It All Together; Using the HR Balanced Scorecard to Gauge and Manage Human Capital, Including Your Own

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Principles of Management

Table of Contents

Instructor Resources

START HERE

Module 1: Introduction to Principles of Management

Module 2: Personality, Attitudes and Work Behavior

Module 3: History, Globalization, and Values-based Leadership

Module 4: Strategizing

Module 5: Goals and Objectives

Module 6: Organizational Structure and Change

Module 7: Social Networks

Module 8: Leading People and Organizations

Module 9: Decision Making

Module 10: Communication in Organizations

Module 11: Motivating Employees

Module 12: The Essentials of Control

Module 13: Strategic Human Resource Management

Copyright

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